Whilst hardly praiseworthy, The Emoji Movie does not quite deserve the total kicking that it has received, as it is not much worse than a lot of the mediocre animations of recent years. It is strictly formulaic, right through to the big dance number at the end, and if you want to see a troop of anti-virus bots boogieing down in synch to Disco Inferno, this is the film for you. It is heavily reliant on Inside Out (with a dash of Tron thrown in) but lacking the heart and wit, and it would clearly like to be The Lego Movie in the humour stakes but falls far short, with many wince-inducing puns that are very heavily signalled. In fairness, the voice cast does its best with often weak dialogue (James Corden and Anna Faris in particular give it their all), and there is some nice design work (such as the Blade Runner-esque city of light that is The Cloud), but overall it lacks internal logic, and thematically it is very unfocused and confused, but then this movie is targeting the very young who are only really going to be interested in the pretty colours.
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